Darryl Flahavan in July 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Darryl James Flahavan | ||
Date of birth | 28 November 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Middlesbrough FC (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Southampton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1998 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Woking | 43 | (0) |
2000–2008 | Southend United | 294 | (0) |
2008–2010 | Crystal Palace | 3 | (0) |
2009 | → Leeds United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2009 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2010 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Portsmouth | 0 | (0) |
2011–2015 | Bournemouth | 46 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Crawley Town | 13 | (0) |
Total | 417 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:20, 11 May 2016 (UTC). |
Darryl James Flahavan [fla-hay-van] (born 28 November 1978) is an English football Coach and former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the Goalkeeper Coach at Middlesbrough FC .
He has spent most of his career in The Football League, winning the PFA League One player of the year and was named in the League One Team of the Year in 2005–06; he was also named Southend United supporters' player of the year in 2002–03 and Players' Player of the year in 2003–04 and again in 2005–06.
Flahavan began his career at Southampton, after a number of times as an unused substitute in the Premier League, Flahavan couldn't break into the first team at his hometown club, with him competing with goalkeepers such as Paul Jones, Dave Beasant and Maik Taylor. He left Saints on a free transfer in 1998, and went on to make his name with Conference side Woking.
He was signed by Southend in October 2000. Flahavan played for Southend during two spells and in total made 356 appearances for the club helping them from league two into the championship in back to back seasons. Flahavan was seen as one of the main reasons behind the clubs rise through the divisions. Flahavan put in a man of the match display against Manchester United in the League Cup on 7 November 2006, making a string of saves from Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. Southend won the game 1–0 with a Freddy Eastwood free kick. Southend were eventually knocked out the competition in the quarter finals to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane 1–0 where again Flahavan produced another man of the match display.